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just because I love her - '55 Standard 8, 660cc Turbo


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Now that is one hell of a "sleeper"! :good:

Would I be right in thinking that the lower front panel is open for an intercooler, and the left missing "side light" is for the flexi-tube to put cool air over the "induction kit!?

Jamie

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Almost mate, I had to rush to get her ready for a show so the intercooler is currently mounted on top of the block, the tube feeds this till I can move it.

 

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Engine came from a 95 Suzuki Cappuccino, tiny little kei car, its 3cyl, basically a bike engine with a turbo. Its tweaked slightly

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Almost mate, I had to rush to get her ready for a show so the intercooler is currently mounted on top of the block, the tube feeds this till I can move it.

 

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Engine came from a 95 Suzuki Cappuccino, tiny little kei car, its 3cyl, basically a bike engine with a turbo. Its tweaked slightly

Very nice. I bet you make a few of the boy racer crowd blush with that! :good:

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be good to see some pics during its build if you got any mate .

when I left school [quite a while back now] the garage I worked at the boss was into hill climbing he had a mk2 rs2000 with a blue print 2.1ltr pinto coupled to a escort van box and rear axle .........that was one quick off the mark piece of kit ..................he then built a mini cooper s with a 1380cc engine sitting on a jack knight straight cut box with idf down draft weber sticking out of the bonnet .........had some great fun in that ............

we then built a mk2 Cortina cant remember the cc of engine but I think it may have been around the 1660cc mark it had a pre crossflow engine that was overbored and had diesel liners stepped into it and fitted with powermax pistons a hardened crank lotus Cortina dizzy modified with luminition electronic ignition .....................................aaahhhh the memories great times

certainly wish I could turn the clock back to those days !!!!

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I'd like to introduce you to my daily, bought 2 years ago as a shell, I've done all the work and now she's running a 660cc Suzuki turbo engine, 9k redline, 120ish mph and 0-60 in a smidge over 7 seconds

 

 

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Many years ago my neighbours son had one just like that it made me laugh that they never put a boot lid on the back you had to put stuff in behind the rear seats I must say you have made a smashing job of doing it I would have gone with some chrome wheels not alloys to look more ariginal.

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